Education
Welcome
Waste is an unavoidable part of our lives, however there are many things we can do to help reduce the impact it has on the environment and our health.
As a community, the more waste we can prevent from being sent to landfill and reuse or recycle not only extends the life of our waste disposal sites, but reduces the amount of raw materials required to create new products.
Lockyer Valley Regional Council is offering the opportunity to share some waste education materials with the students at your school or early learning centre, including where suitable, face-to-face information sessions.
Get Grubby Program for the Lockyer Valley
Lockyer Valley Regional Council has signed up to the ‘Get Grubby’ program, an online sustainability curriculum for early learning places and schools.
As part of our commitment to sustainability education, Lockyer Valley Regional Council is covering the costs for you to participate.
The program contains 10 sustainability units for early learners, covering topics including recycling, composting, worm farming, saving water, growing food, and getting grubby. The units have been designed in alignment with the National Quality Standards and the Belonging, Being & Becoming Early Years Learning Framework.
Each unit contains special videos from 'Dirt Girl', ‘Scrapboy’, and ‘Costa the Garden Gnome’, great songs to sing and dance to, heaps of activities, fun games and loads of hands-on ideas for you and your community of children.
For more information, visit www.getgrubbyprogram.com/lockyer-valley.
For further enquiries, contact Council’s Waste team on 1300 005 872.
Face-to-Face information sessions
Council’s Waste Education Officer has availability to work with students, businesses and community groups to help spread the word of waste minimisation, recycling and playing our part to close the loop. If you are interested in information or activities you can integrate into your classroom, or would like an in-person information session, fill out the relevant form below and see what our Waste Education Officer can provide.
Please note sessions are limited.
Expression of Interest Form - Businesses and Community Groups
Expression of Interest Form - School or Early Learning Centre
